- Strengths-based work
- Cognitive behavioral ideas
- Family relationship focus
About Heather
Heather Mask is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with adults and young people on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, depression, and coping with life changes. Heather also addresses family-of-origin issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and feelings of guilt and shame.
Heather trained in psychology and social work and has spent more than a decade providing mental health therapy to youth and adults. She has experience supporting parents and navigating relationship dynamics when those come up in therapy. Her background includes working with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and emotion regulation challenges.
Her approach starts with identifying personal strengths and factors in the person’s environment. She uses a strengths-based lens alongside cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns of thinking and behavior. Sessions often involve practical, interactive work on what is getting in the way of daily life and relationships.
Heather takes a collaborative stance when shaping goals. She focuses on building awareness, increasing motivation, and selecting strategies that fit the person’s situation. That may include specific techniques from evidence-based practices and other interventions chosen to address symptoms and relationship patterns.
People come for help with parenting stresses, communication problems, divorce and separation issues, isolation and loneliness, and struggles with self-love. Heather’s practice also attends to comorbidity, seasonal mood shifts, and chronic health-related challenges that affect mood and functioning.
How Heather uses evidence-based techniques online
Heather draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. This method is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday stresses where thoughts and actions keep problems going.She also incorporates strengths-based work that looks at a person within their environment, helping to spot existing resources and supports to build on. For trauma-related concerns she applies evidence-based techniques that focus on managing symptoms and improving emotion regulation, which can help with post-traumatic stress and intense emotional reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Heather will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals and life circumstances. She checks in and adjusts methods as progress and preferences become clearer.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use video or phone in different situations, and Heather will discuss what works best for scheduling, comfort with being on camera, or needs for quieter surroundings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Minnesota, Wisconsin
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like guilt and shame and family problems.
How would she approach overwhelming guilt or shame?
She uses a strengths-based perspective and cognitive behavioral ideas to help you notice thoughts and patterns tied to guilt or shame and to try practical steps for change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience providing mental health therapy to youth and adults and supporting parents and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials, specified as MN LICSW and WI LCSW, and she practices in Wisconsin.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.